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2 unusual facts about Joachim and Anne Meeting at the Golden Gate


Life of the Virgin

Albrecht Dürer produced a highly popular and influential series of 19 scenes in woodcut.

Virgin and Child with Saint Anne

The mystery of Mary's immaculate conception was also implied in depictions of her parents' chaste embrace meeting at the Golden Gate, the threshold of the Holy city of Jerusalem, a convention that symbolizes close proximity to (and participation with) the celestial Kingdom.



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